(2011) The world's population is growing—and aging. Very low birth rates in developed countries, coupled with birth rate declines in most developing countries, are projected to increase the population ages 65 and over to the point in 2050 when it will be 2.5 times that of the population ages 0-4. This is an exact reversal of the situation in 1950.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
This report explores how family planning could and should play a much larger role in Africa’s future through strengthening global competitiveness, advancing equitable growth, and building resilience against natural and manmade stressors and shocks.
Project: Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)
This brief details the valuable services mangroves provide, challenges to maintain them, and how to protect communities from the consequences of sea level rise and severe typhoons.
(2011) "I told them I was terrified and desperate, that I was just a child and far too young to get married...I used to scream and cry all night. I was too young, too tender. It killed me inside. Life became meaningless." Young Turkish Kurdish girl married at age 12.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
This webinar is part of the Africa PHE quarterly webinar series implemented under the Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health (PACE) Project.
Project: Middle East and North Africa Program (MENA)
(2013) This policy brief presents the latest data on child marriage in the Arab region, which includes members of the League of Arab States (stretching from Morocco to Oman). Arabic and English versions.
(2008) Fertility has declined significantly throughout the developing world, and in Latin America total fertility rates (TFRs) have declined by 50 percent over the last three decades, from 5.0 births per woman in 1970 to only 2.5 today.1
(2010) The concept of "race" has always been controversial, given ugly associations with slavery, the eugenics movement, and racism.
(2015) China has abandoned its one-child policy, according to news reports. So what would be the demographic implications of this two-child policy?